Tire-tool.



w. A. KINSOLVING.

TIRE TOOL APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25. |915.

Patented Feb. 27,1917.

INVENTOR /7 WITNESSES:

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I Specification of Letters Patent.

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, To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER A. KINsOLV; LNG, a citizen of the"United States, and a resident of the city of Washington, inthe District of Columbia, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in'Tire- Tools, ofwhich' the following is a specification. I

My invention relates tire tools, and-it consists in the combinations, constructions, in described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a which the removal 'onreplacement of a pneumatic tire may beeasily' efi'ected. I

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple tool, consisting substanparts, which can be instantly assembled and veryreadily taken apart so as to go into the tool kit.

A further object of my invention is to provide a tool of the type described which consistsof a gripping member pivotally mounted at the upper end of a standard,

the lower end'of the standard being shapedto conform with the hub cap of the or dinary automobile wheel, so that the latter may act as a support for the tool. 7 Other objects and advantages Wlll appear in the following specification and the novel features of the invention will he particularly pointed out in the appended claims. My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this applicatiomin which Figure 1 is a side view of the device showing its application to a tire, a portion of the tire being shown in section,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one end of the operating lever,

Fig. 3 is a side view of a portion or the wheel, showing the tire lifted from the rim, Fig. 4 is a'perspective view ofthe tool, Fig. 5 is a section along the line 5-5 of Fig; 1, and

.Fig. 6 is a modified form of the operating lever.

In carrying out my invention, 1 provide a standard 1 having an are shaped base 2 arranged to straddle the hub cap 3 of an automobile wheel. The top part of the standard 1 is preferabl 4, the arms of the fork being provided at their upper ends with openings 5, In the drawings I have shown two of these open The, gripping portion 1 ofprises v p v v conform to the curvature efj the. tire h to improvements in -.-ends of the members 7'being'corrngated 01- and arrangements here members will free the head 18* between the 1 forked as shown at- Application filed January 25, 1915. I Serial No. @2190.

ings, but it will be understood"their more might be provided. A" pivot-pin, or bolt, suchas thatshownat 6,;i's arranged to extend through the openings .5 the, opposed arms 4-. l,

.the tool com two members? ,whieh .are curved to provided with teeth 7 as clearly shown in Fig; 4. Themembers 7 are. pivotally connected together at 9 by a pivotpin which is carried by one of themembersarldwhich prbjectsthrough a slot 9*in the other. -The ends of the members '7 are" connected by links 10 to a common pivot pin-f1 which passes through the operating leve'r12.

vThe lever 12 is provided'with' a, 'slot 12 like that shown in Fig. 2, having recesses 12? communicating with'fthe slot and arranged to receive the-pint};

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device-the operation thereof may be readily, understood.

In assemblingthe parts, the; in 6 in the standard is inserted in the s 0t 12" and pushed forwardly until it comes into registration with one of the slotsor recesses 12'.

The gripping members 7 are forced apart The and now placed around the tile 8.

standard 1 is now brought into position over 'thehub cap 3.

Downward pressure'on the handle lft of the operating lever 12 will cause the gri ping members 7 to engage the outer casing of the tire8 in the manner shown in Fig. 1. Further movement of the lever will cause the gripping members 7 to move and atthe same time upwardl ward movement of the ends of t 1e The ins pp from the 1310f the wheel, While the up-i ward movement-"will pull the tire into the position shown in Fig. 3.' From "thisfigure it will be seen that'there is a space between the head 8 of the tire and the rim 13 so that a tire removing tool may now be thrust in rim 13 and the head 8* from sideto side of the rim.

New, by easing up a little bit on. the lever 12 and shifting left, as the case may be, the tool may be moved to another position along the tire, because the standard 1 will move with the inwardly of the tire the latterjto the right or .ilo

lever, and the gripping :memberfi' will also move so that without removing the stand-' 21rd frm'n thehub 01' the gripping members frum {he mm, fine @001 may :1 Wed t0 anther pnsition. The spcmtion. of $001 same as in the 40nd position is the 1s hftsd until mire The tire iron may be shoved fll'iaugh the space between the and me E spflzen m the operation 016 the tool in connestion with heavy m stiff tires. when: the tires are lighteza, the operation of the 001 SCLVPS not only to push the bead 8 he? from M19 rim 13., then to lift the tima but by puiling on i122 handie 12 i -ngi-- tudinaily of the lever 12, 1331s tire may be b mg hi; wet iih rim inm a posit-i011 am which it can be easily nammwd 52mm the \vhcvi by the m'dinzu'y nvzjhad.

This; tool can {also be mad i122 raplzwmg tn-e The most ddnmfi; owel-nimn of rc- 1 y g a: z tare in Si in the mum:- czasmg m :ast fact 0 sh the circumferwhee: 01' mm, 'lhls 11mg, be done e @1242 11%; gnppmg the 110 rim, 1': i 11 7 'pi' LENA tn ptfi'h'lii the kit's t0 enter into its nmnml gmsitiim 031 Mm Win30].

One 0f im advantages $0011 is that the 51 of CM use of this "Li'i'fl or 11 00 1%, Whieh ed by ihe was 0.73 the 2 iron. is. mum in any dan er 410 enter said 5 sfianda-rd 1 from bec-aming semi-111106. :frwm thelev-ar l ciaimz 1. A tire i001 having; a samnizmi provide with ,an arc-shapd base adapfied to fii; flw hub cap of a Wheel, a lever QiJG 12111:! meted to said standard-J at one end therea and pair of gripping members emu 9C; bk conform to the curvaiure 01; a jgpam'zwa'uaiic tire pivomfly csnnecixz with said 5Q 3Q Elfin a tire 1590?, standard arc-shaped bags curved 1: mnfoim cu'wature oi? 13m hub cap 0;? whee pix 'otaliy connect-ad a ne and 01. 5a;

and a pah' 01 curwedi grig qflng m (s1; pi'voivuily conmeciez} togcdx. 1*, mm Kinks n m naming said curved 79mg memaerer Mm said lever,

3. I; fire i001 comprising; a standard having a 2m curved to (:0 501cm 30 .1m :urvm tum in the hub m) a Wheel, a hive/1' 5 2n L-siuq md slot provided '2 tanumg recewes pivot j fmfked 0nd; of said sandal.

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